Jayson Barnes Character Traits

Jamal Wallace’s individual differences stand out not only in the class room, but also on the basketball court. Individual differences are the ways in which people are similar and how they vary in their thinking, feelings, and behaviors. The major difference between Jamal and his friends was that he loved to learn. Jamal’s standardized test scores were through the roof compared to his peers and this led private schools to be interested in recruiting him. This starts an internal conflict for Jamal because he doesn’t want to attract attention to the fact that he is smarter than his closest friends. This is shown when he purposefully doesn’t answer questions in the classroom even though he knows the answers. I believe most of Jamal’s individual differences are in his personality. Jamal is ambitious, passionate, and witty. Jamal is driven to do well on and off the court whereas his friends are not.

Jason McElwain is an autistic basketball player who has always wanted to play on the varsity Basketball team. He was never able to until his senior year because he was diagnosed with autism at only 2 years old. His senior year he got asked to ba manager. The last home game of the season the head coach had told Jason that he might be able to play. Jason went in the game with 4:19 to go. He ended up scoring shot after shot after shot. At the end of the game he scored 20 points overall and was the team’s highest scorer.

Quran Phillips was seventeen years old with two brothers. His brothers names were James and Randy. James was thirty years old, lived in his own house, in Miami Florida, was an assistant coach for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association, and he was Quran’s older brother. Randy was ten years old, lived with Quran and their mother in Miami Florida, and was Quran’s younger brother. Quran’s mother whose name was Jamie, was forty five years old, and she was a single parent who worked two jobs to help provide for her sons. She worked at Walmart and she worked at Red Lobster. Quran’s dad left the family when Quran was a baby. Quran was a six feet three inches tall, muscular, smart guy, who was talented at a bunch of different things. Quran Phillips didn’t take school seriously even though he was smart enough to get great grades. He often had people do his homework because he didn't care to do it himself. Something Quran Phillips did take seriously was sports. Quran Phillips was very competitive at all the sports he played. He played football

Jay Williams had it all going for him, he was in the situation every kid dreams of being in. A young Jay would play in his backyard and pretend he was making the game winning shot. And unlike most kids, he kept making them. He kept making shots until one day he was the best. Jay Williams became an NCAA champion at the University of Duke, and was a two-time national player of the year. Mr. Williams was drafted number-two overall in the 2002 NBA Draft. He had the chance to play with the legend, Michael Jordan for one season with the Chicago Bulls before he was involved in a tragic motorcycle accident. Jay Williams could no longer walk; His playing days had come to an instant end.

“He’s a normal guy,” said Cavaliers coach Mike Brown (Saraceno). LeBron has an naturally entertaining personality. People have even created art of his iconic symbol. In a

“Did you win?” Travis kept walking buckled his seatbelt and waited for his mother to start to the car. This in fact signaled he did win. He rode in silence with the occasional sigh. He wasn’t the kid to get flagged for over celebration, but in a way he would in his mind. His inner confidence was enough, he didn’t need to display his arrogance in those ways. However it showed in other ways, such as him never attending practices, not listening to the coaches and just the mindset that he has been perfect, unstoppable, nobody had the skill nor talent. One of his pet peeves was when the coach has the nerve to even believe for a second that he could be beat. It just annoyed him, just because he did not go to practices. He usually slept after a match for school the next day. Instead since he felt some

Ashton Olson was born on October Seventh, Two thousand and three at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. As a child Ashton received the most influence from Jimmy Butler III. Jimmy Butler III started his life homeless the became a NBA superstar. Jimmy Butler III play basketball for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jouse, Ashton’ best friend as a child possessed a very difficult name the Ashton could not pronounce. Currently of the age of thirteen he attends Eudora Middle School. Ashton relocated to Eudora at the beginning of sixth grade. Ashton’s siblings include an older brother named Mike, an older sister named Ally, and one younger sister named Sway. When questioned how he gets along with his siblings he responded with “we talk?”.

The team's first tournament they won and Josh was just starting to get friends on the team. The next practice Rocky said they need a break so he took them to a mall. Josh went to the bathroom and a teammate named Jones went in a little after. A guy was in there bullying Josh so Jones punched him in the face and

Jimmy Harris is a fourteen year old football player who lived in Miami, Florida, Liberty City. Jimmy Harris lives in a two room, ine bathrrom apartment with his single mother and thug brother. Jimmy is a loner; he has no friends, but his brother who had hid back and took care of him since he was little. Jimmy and his brother, Tyrone, did everything together till one day Tyrone got into high school and got some new friends who were drug dealers and

Mason and his mother shared he had a decent week at his father’s house. Mason reported, “there was an incident; however, Mason felt embarrassed and did not want to tell what happened.” Mason mother informed the team Mason was physically aggressive towards his father. Mason’s mother shared, “the story I got was Mason was doing something he wasn’t supposed to and Mason’s dad grabbed his hand then Mason proceed to punch him.” Mason’s mother acknowledged, “this is the first time has ever been physically aggressive and they do not want this to become a habit.”

D’s and F’s in about all of his classes besides gym because he had a 100 in that class. On December 21 he had just gotten back from the gym and he turned on the tv and espn comes on and it says breaking news! R.J Immediately grabbed the remote control and turned up the volume. He put on his glasses and read the headline “R.J Jordan is a clear first round pick but will education hold him back?” R.J’s heart sinks and tears immediately run from his eyes. “Why me!” he yelled out a couple times with no one in his dorm. He Finally realizes that he needs to step up his education and study habits or…. His Nba dream crushed once again.

In the novel The Hobbit, the characters have many different and diverse personality traits. A few of the traits are negative while some are positive. But it really depends on the situation; the trait could be a positive or negative one. Tolkien also shows that intelligence is more important than physical strength.

We had gone 3-20 the season before and had not beaten our rival Troy Christian in basketball in seven years before this game. Earlier that season we had lost to Troy Christian by eight points after leading by eight at halftime. Our team was disappointed, but also hungry for revenge. It seemed like eternity waiting for our rematch. The week before the game we began practicing a defensive scheme to stop Troy Christian's six-foot-eight center, James Anderson. He had led the conference in scoring and rebounding all season. He scored eighteen points and grabbed eighteen rebounds in our first meeting and we were determined not to allow that to happen again. Finally, the day came. The day that would change our program. We were ready to put an end

Jordan is considered the golden child. He is 6’0 and takes after his uncle light skin complexion. He is a high school senior and plays football. Jordan likes to party, while his brother rather stay home and study. Jordan is the more outgoing of the brothers. He is very talkative like his

Coach P. was baffled why the Varsity team performed poorly as opposed to the non-Varsity team. While he put much thought with selecting the most physically fit team mates, he failed to understand the importance of recognizing and working through issues in relation to emotional intelligence. The Varsity group kept pointing the finger on others, failing to recognize and take accountability for their overall subpar performance. Rather than work through the negative team dynamics, they often emailed their complaints to the coach. An emotionally intelligent group would have worked through their issues together as a group. If someone is acting out of line, the team members must feel comfortable calling the foul. The team needed to build positive norms such as responding constructively in emotionally uncomfortable situations (Amabille, 2013).